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A guide for AONB partnership members Foreword Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty have a special place amongst the protected landscapes of England. Their care has been entrusted to the local authorities, organisations, community groups and the individuals who live and work within them: or who value them. We have relied on them to manage those landscapes for the benefit of the nation as a whole. It has not been easy task but the success is clear in the outstanding quality of the countryside that makes up our AONBs: our finest countryside. However, since 1957 when the first English AONB was designated, the Quantock Hills, there has been massive change in the English countryside. New legislation, the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, provides the basis for a new management framework to reflect the current challenges. The new management framework recognises and retains, the best of the old system – local care. It allows those local systems and people to further the conservation and enhancement of their AONBs. The setting up of local partnerships, the employment of AONB staff and the production of AONB Management Plans will allow AONBs to flourish. These mechanisms should inspire land managers and others. In that way our finest landscapes will not only be protected, but enhanced for the future. They will offer opportunities for people to enjoy them and benefit from them: environmentally, socially and economically. This guide has been written to help AONB partnerships come together to meet the challenges of 21st century protected landscape management. It gives an introduction to the puposes of AONB designation, the laws that protect them and the partnership role in ensuring that these landscapes continue to flourish. These are undoubtedly exiting times for AONBs: those of you involved in local AONB partnerships have real opportunities to make a difference to our finest countryside. Most importantly, you have the chance to deliver real outcomes, real work on the ground and a real future for England’s finest countryside. Ewen Cameron Chairman The Countryside Agency 2
A guide for AONB partnership members Contents Foreword 2 1. Introduction 4 What is an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty? 6 What does AONB designation do? 7 Who looks after AONBs? 7 What does legislation say about AONBs? 8 What about planning and development control? 10 How can AONBs be protected and managed? 12 What should an AONB partnership do? 16 What are the roles of AONB partnership members? 17 Why is the AONB Management Plan important? 19 2. The management of AONBs 22 What should an AONB staff unit do? 22 How can a staff unit be structured? 23 How is AONB management funded? 24 What will be the outcomes of AONB management: 25 how can its effectiveness be measured? 3. The wider context 27 How can the national Association for AONBs help? 27 What about the international context? 27 3
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